Refrigerator-vehicle



(No Model.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

W. 'E BEARD.

REFRIGERATOR VEHICLE.

No. 387,943. Patented Aug. 14, 1888.

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(No Model.)

W. E. BEARD.

REFRIGERATOR VEHICLE.

No. 387,943. Patented Aug. 14, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT tries.

W'ILBIN E. BEARD, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

REFRlGERATOR-v'EHlCLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,9i8, dated August14, 1888.

Application filed November 3, 1887. Serial No. 254,185. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILBIN E. BEARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in RefrigeratorVehicles, of which the following is a specification, refer ence beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is avertical section taken longitudinally through my improvedrefrigeratorwagon in the plane indicated by dotted line a: a: on Fig. 2.Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section through the body of the wagon,taken in the plane indicated by dotted line 3 g on Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aperspective view, in detail, of the upper portion of the body, showingthe end supports for the removable partition and the longitudinal ledgesthereon for supporting the inner edges of the drip-pans. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of one of the drippans, its conducting-trough, andoutlet-pipes. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the iceracks.

This invention relates to refrigerator-vehicles; and it consists incertain novel improvements in the construction of such vehicles, wherebyimportant advantages are secured, as will be fully understood from thefollowing description and claim, when taken in connection with theannexed drawings.

Referring to the annexed drawings by letter, A A designate the verticalside walls of the body of the vehicle; A, the rear end wall; B B, therear end double-wall hinged doors; and G the front stepped walls,whichlatter afford a seat for a driver.

D is the bottom of the vehicle-body, which is preferably double, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2, and which is extended forward to form afoot-rest, D, fora driver on the said seat. The inclosing walls, as wellas the end doors and a hinged door, E, are all preferably made double,leaving spaces between them for the purpose of affording a goodnon-conductor of heat and cold.

F represents a ridge-piece, to which are hinged two inclined covers, FF, made with double walls and constituting the roof of the Vehicle. Thedoors and covers should be so applied that when shut they will bepractically hermetically sealed to exclude warm air and prevent theescape of cold air.

G designates the refrigeratingchamber, accessible by means of the reardoors and the side door above described, and H H designate twoice-receptacles, which are located on opposite sides of a centrallongitudinal partition, J. This partition has vertical recesses a in itsends,which receive inverted-T-shaped supports I) I), rigidly secured tothe front and rear walls of the vehicle-body. The portion J is thusremovable when during the winter months it is not desired to use ice,and it is constructed with ledges O 0 along its lower edge, which areadapted to support and have suitably secured to them the rectangularframes K K, to which are secured the inclined flanged drippans L L, thelongitudinal gutters d d, and vertical pi pcs e. The outer sides of thesaid rectangular frames K K are supported upon ledges f f, secured tothe sides of the vehicle-body and located in such relation to the ledgeson the partition J that the waterdripping from the ice will flow outwardand downward int-o the side troughs or gutters, d d, and thence flow offthrough the pipes e, which lead from the ends of these troughs throughthe door of the vehicle-hody,as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the annexeddrawings.

M M designate the ice-racks on which the pieces of ice are supported.These racks are respectively composed of two parallel angular side bars,g 5 having suitably secured to them a series of parallel flangedsupports, h, the flanges of which are directed downward so as tooverhang the upturned flanges of the drippans L L and shed all of thewater from the ice into these pans, but allowafree downward passage ofcold air into the refrigeratingchamber. The vertical pipes e not onlyallow the drip-water to pass off, but they allow external air to enterthe ice-chamber, where it is cooled by direct contact with the ice, andthen falls directly down into the refrigeratingchamber through thenumerous passages provided between the ice-rack and drip-pans abovedescribed.

For the purpose of shading the top and ends of the vehicle-body from therays of the sun, I combine with the body a light canopy, N, (shown inFig. 1 of the drawings) which is ICO supported at a suitable heightabove the roof of the body by means of four uprights, 7c, suitablysecured in place, so that they with the canopy may be readily removedwhen desired.

When it is not desired to use the vehicle as a refrigerator, thepartition J, together with the ice-racks and drip-pans, can all bereadily removed from the body.

By employing the central partition, J, and thus forming two independentice'ehambers directly over the refrigerating-chamber, as described, Ifind that I obtain a more equable distribution of the cold air in therefrigerating-chamber than if only a single ice-chamber were used.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

\VILBIN E. BEARD.

Witnesses:

L. STRAUS, G. O. GEEsE.

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